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Growing Your Business? Here’s How to Play it Safe While Thinking Big

December 28, 2024

Business growth is an exciting milestone that shows your hard work is paying off. When customers love your products or services so much that you need to expand, it’s a clear sign you’re doing something right.

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How much is your business worth? Three ways to value your company

December 20, 2024

Understanding your business’s value isn’t just important when you’re ready to sell—it’s crucial knowledge for securing loans, getting proper insurance coverage, and planning for your company’s future. This knowledge becomes especially critical when seeking financing, as lenders, particularly for SBA loans, often require professional valuations for business acquisitions.

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Denkyem Loans

December 18, 2024

A loan from Denkyem is a smaller loan that can support an immediate need or jumpstart your small business’s growth.

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Ajust from Grow America

December 18, 2024

Ajust provides working capital loans with a flexible payback structure that fluctuates to the ebbs and flows of your business’s revenue.

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Washington’s Revenue-Based Financing Fund

December 18, 2024

Supported by the Washington State Department of Commerce, the Revenue-Based Financing Fund can be customized to your specific needs, with flexible payments based on your business’s income.

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How Grow America’s Innovative Lending Approach Helped Stabilize a Unique Real Estate Development Project

December 9, 2024

When Dean Williams and his partner Michael Mason envisioned WOMPA, they saw beyond the typical mixed-use development playbook.

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Understanding Current Small Business Financing Challenges and Opportunities: Highlights from the 2024 Federal Reserve Report on Employer Firms

December 6, 2024

For small business lenders, understanding today’s rapidly shifting financial landscape is crucial for building strong client relationships and identifying growth opportunities.

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The Power of Partnership: How Building a Referral Network Keeps Banking Relationships Strong

December 5, 2024

Remember when small business banking was simpler? When relationships were built on handshakes and your biggest competition was the bank down the street? Those days might be gone, but here’s the good news: today’s challenges are creating profitable opportunities for small business bankers who know how to play the long game by building referral relationships.

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How Technology Can Help You Take Control of Your Business Loan Journey

November 26, 2024

Just like ordering takeout or checking in for a flight, getting a business loan has gone digital. This shift puts you—the business owner—in the driver’s seat in an exciting way.

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Start 2025 off Right: Creating a Cash Flow Forecast to Support Realistic Goal Setting

November 25, 2024

The new year is around the corner, and while many business owners are setting goals for 2025, successful ones are turning those goals into actionable plans. One of the most powerful tools for realistic planning is a cash flow forecast–and now is the perfect time to create one.